Collector Value Est.

$700–$1,200

USD · Market estimate

Near-mint / restored. Worn or stored examples sell for 30–60% less.

Notable Features

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Captive balls (5). End-of-ball bonus. The looping captured ball feature scores Special when 5 balls are on lit side. 3 or 5 ball play. Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points. Replay wheel maximum: 37 Sound: 3 chimes, knocker

Historical Notes

'Skylab' is a Replay game, convertible to Add-A-Ball or Novelty Play via an option plug in the backbox. We previously showed a date for this game of May-14-1974. A column in Cash Box, Jun-29-1974 page 39 indicated per Williams the game was released "this week". Manufacturer data indicates this June release date excludes the production of any sample games. Production Run Records for Skylab (and Spacelab Model 443): 3651 total Sample run: 97 (planned quantity, some records are missing) Production Start and End Dates: Unknown, but after Dec-21-1973 First and last ship dates: Unknown, but after Dec-21-1973 Production Run: 3554 (assumes 97 samples) Production Start Date: Jun-14-1974 / Production End Date: Jul-18-1974 First ship date: Unknown / Last ship date: Unknown Product History Record for Skylab (and Spacelab Model 443): Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 2,855* Quantity produced for export: 795* Total quantity produced: 3,651* BOM: $285.77 Price to Distributor: $595.00 *These quantities may be sales estimates. We don’t know if the production run quantity of 3,651 units for Skylab includes the games sold as Williams' 1974 'Spacelab (conversion model 443)'.

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